Take
your camera for a walk. While it is a
challenge to be creative indoors during this Covid-19 virus isolation, there is
a point where you want to get out for a walk in the sunshine.
Some
of these walks with the camera have been around the local neighborhood and in
other walks I have driven to what I thought would be an interesting
neighborhood to take my camera on a walk.
The challenge of course is what will I see?, and what will be my
approach to the subjects presented. I
decided my approach would be to look for lines, shapes and light in my subjects
since I would probably be seeing walkways and houses mostly.
The
question do I work in black and white or color?
I have always found that black and white was more dramatic when it comes
to lines and shapes. You have to train
your eyes to see in black and white, which requires using the shadows in your
subject to define the shape of your subject.
For the following group of images that I photographed, I was not
interested in capturing dynamic range, but rather emphasizing the lines and the
form of the architecture through darkening the shadows and increasing contrast.
All of the images were shot in
early morning with the sun low in the sky allowing for deep shadows. The camera is a Sony A7II. I can be contacted at nymacc@gmail.com for comment or questions.
